Cabinet



2 Sheets-Shea?. l

E. OHNSTRAND CABINET Filed Nov. 12, 1924 f7 UU@ foto 7 Aug. ze, 1930.

Aug- 26, 1930- E. oHNsTRAND CABINET 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Nov'. 12, 1924 l iii/@Ral Patented Aug. 26, ieee` 11AWKQNEW`YORK, AssIGNon, BvA MEsNE- AssIerNivrENrsV nNoCH oHNsfrnAND, or Mo To REMINGTQNRAND, iNc., or NEW Yon K, N. YTA CORPORATIONon:DELAWAREY l CABINET- Application led November 1 Thisinvention relates to metal casesvorlcabinets having adjustable-shelves disposed in horizontal planes for supporting stacked sheets of paper, books, Abundles and bulky records, .andy objects of the invention' are to provide a cabinethaving the new and i111-, proved features of construction'and arrangement hereinafter described.

Vlheinvention is'shown by way of illustram tio-n lin the accompanying drawings in which Fig.' 1 is a vfragmentary front eleyation of a cabinet constructed in accordance with the.

invention; f Y Y Fig. 2 isa fragmentary sectionl on the line i.; 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a verti ofFig.2; f Y

ig. 4 isa fragmentary side edge view ofa shelf;

Fig. 5 is a fragm shelf; and n Y Fig. 6 is a fragmentary cross-section o-f a K double range of stacks. v y

The' kembodiment Y of thel invention illus,-

trated comprises a sheet metal case or cabinet consisting of a top plate 1 having integral, depending, channel-shaped end flanges -2 and depending side flanges 3 which are fastened to the upright end walls 4? and 5 of the cabcal section on theline 3,-3

20y entary elevation of a g ai) inet as by screws. The cabinet may be securely fastened to the floor by an angle piece fixed to the end walls in any vsuitable manner and to the floor as by screws 31. The rear end of the vupright wall 4 is providedwith 5.3 an'inturned flange or attaching strip 6 and the front end `of the wall 4 is formed with an outwardly turned front wall 7, the end portion of this wallfbeing provided with a flange or outer wall 8 which extends parallel 4o to the end wall 4. A `reenforcing channel strip 9 is secured as by welding to the inside of the end wall 4 `and outer wall V8 for strengthening purposes. A s most clearly' indicated in Fig. 2, the metal o-f the'front wall 7 is stamped or otherwise forced'outwardly `to form a rectangular ridge or guiding projection 10 which extends the entire length of wall 4.v Y 1 In order to present a finished appearance Y 5.0 tothe ends of thegcabinet, a falseend orend a, 1924.- 'seriaiNof 749,417. `r i panel 11 closes eachiend of the cabinet and is provided withan. inturned end wall 12 which is welded` or otherwisesuitably. secured to an Vuprightreenforcing panel'13, the inturned flange 6 of the end wall; 4vbeing fixed nany suitable'niannerto the opposite face of the panel 13. rlhe front end of the end wall11 is provided with an inturned` flange 11a, ther corner thereof being rounded to eliminate sharp corners, andthis flange is secured in any suitablefnianner to a strip 14c which is preferably welded tothe front wall 7'.rv Secured to the top plate 1v as bybolting and extendingV from end to end of the cabinet is an upright facing Vstrip 14a of channel shape which gives a* nished appearance to the top of the stack. f

{Mounted on the lower lportionof the cabinet is a shelf 14, having an integral, dependel ing front wall 15, which is provided withlan inturned supporting flange 15a, and a depending flange 14b` at the rear end whichabuts i against the attachingflange 6 of theend wall i 4.- The sides o-f the shelf 14 are provided with integral'depending flanges 16 which engage tongues 17 struck up from the end walls 4. yIt will be evident that the bottoni shelf inay be readily attached toand detached `from the cabinetv andthe front wall 15 'gives la finished appearance vtothe bottom of the cabinet.

A central partition for the cabinet comaoY prises a front wall 7 a integral with parallel f upright side walls 5 and 5a, which have outwardlyturned flanges Stand 6b respectively,

serving'asl attaching strips foronc end ofthe t shelves as will be hereinafter described. y'A I reinforcing channel 5b is secured as by -weldy ing to the side walls 5 and 5a for strengthen- .ing purposes. To reinforce the flanges 6i" and .6b a strengthening panel 18 may be fixed as by welding to the back ofboth flanges. Suit ably formed in the front wall-Fis a guiding ridge 10a which is similar to the ridge 10 on the front wallof thezend wall 4 .and ex- 9 tends parallel thereto. .It will'be understood that any suitable 'number of partitions constructed as described maybe employed ac-k cording to the desired size of the cabinet.

v'Any suitablenumberv of shelves maybe supported in the cabinet and each shelf comprises a plate 19 having depending side flanges 20, the front end being provided with a channel-shape flange 21 which has-an upstanding lip 22 intermediate the ends of the flange adapted to begrasped to attach or detach the'shelf. As indicated in Fig. 5, the flange 21 extends outwardly a slight distance beyondthe side edges of the shelf and fixed as welding to the inside of the outwardly extending flanges-are blocks 23EL with which 'pinsor fingers 23 are integral, the lingers extending from the block toward the rear end of the shelf. `As indicated inlFig. the fingers 23 are inclined outwardly forming approximately an angle of 99o withV the flange 21, thisinclination not being great enough for .the lfingers to ,be damaged when the shelves are removed from the' cabinet and supported .on their side. The rear end of the plate '19 is formed with-a depending channel-shaped flange 24 intermediate the sides thereof, and the opposite end portions of the rear edge of the plate 19 are provided with Vdepending attaching flangesy 26.

In order to support Athesh'elves in the cabinet, tongues or ears 27 arestruck out of ,the

f metalV in the attaching flanges 6- and 6a. The

tongues or ears 27 are inclined upwardly and are arranged vertiea ly in spaced relation, a

ton gue onthe strip 6 being directly opposite from a tongue on the strip 6a. Formed in the front walls 7 and 7 a are apertures 28 which are also arranged in spaced relation, an aperture'in the wall 7 being directly opposite from an aperture in the wall 7a. It will be observed that a-pair of apertures 28 in the walls 7 and 7a are laterally offset from but in the saine horiz ntal plane as a CorrespendingV pair .of

, ments.

The shelves are attached to the cabinet by inserting thelingers 23 into a corresponding pair of apertures 28 in the walls 7 and 7, the rear end of the shelf Vbeing tilted upwardly for the flanges 26 to clear a pair of tongues 27in the same horizontal plane as the pair of apertures.- Byinclining the fingers 23 outwardly as indicated it is unnecessary to make the holes receiving them of exactly the same size but Athey arepreferably larger than the lingers. When the fingers are inserted into their respective holes they bind against the sides thereof, this fric-tional engagement not only holding the front of the shelves securely in posit-ion .but also holding the central partition and end walls together. rl`h ereafter the rear end of the shelf allowed to swing downwardly about lingers 23 as pivots to bring the flanges 26 intoengagement with the struck-up supporting tongues 27. It will be observed that the tongues 27 are sojshaped and positioned that a shelf resti-ngen a pair of tongues may be swung upwardly clear of the tongues thereahove. As attached the opposite edges of the front end of the shelf abut against the guiding ri 4 ges 10 and 10a which project a slight distance therebeyond thus to cover the sharp edges and give a neat appearance.

In order to detach the shelf the rear end is swung upwardly a sufficient distance to disengage the flange 26 from the tongues 27 so that the shelf may be moved horizontally to disengage the fingers 23 from the apertures 28. It will. thus be apparent that the end supports for adjustable shelves in cabinets of the type disclosed may be arranged to give any Adesired spacing for the shelves. The number and position of the tongues and apertures may be changed in accordance with the requirements to enable the shelves to be arranged in any desired relation.

To increase the depth of the cabinet the construction above described may be duplicated on the opposite side of the panels 13 and 18, an end wall la being fixed to the panel 13 in alignment with the wall 4l and a partition 202L being fixed to the panel 18 in alignment with the front partition. rlhe shelves 14 are supported in the cabinet after theV manner above described, and theends are closed by end panels 11a fixed to the ends of the end walls Al and 4a respectively.

An outstanding characteristic of the invention consists in the unique end supports for the shelves whereby liability of the Shelves being displaced by very heavy burdens is eliminated. IThe marked simplicity of these supports as well as of the shelves contributes materially to the production of an inexpensive cabinet. Another feature of the invention resides in the provision of indicators to enable corresponding supports to be-located in a simple manner, thereby overcoming ol jections to supports of a similar character which ordinarily require irlsome searching for cerrespondinglgly positioned supports. Another feature consists in the shape and position of tongues 27 whereby a shelf resting upon one pair of tongues may be swung upwardly past the tongues thereabove (see Fig. 8), thus facilitating the insertion and removal of shelves.

Although I have shown and described a construction of the cabinet or stack which is the best form known to me at this time, it will be understood that numerous changes iii details of construction and arrangement, and in selection/of materials may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention especially as defined iii the appended claims.V

claim: y '1. AL sheet metal cabinet comprising a frame having side walls and a back member, the front ends' of thel side walls having recessed shoulders extending vertically there.- of and elongated vertical guide ridges offset from the side walls by said shouldeis, a horizontally disposed shelfin. said frame, the front en d of the shelf having laterally extending projections adapted closely to fit between said guide ridges, rearwardly extending fingers, fixed to said projections, said shoulders having apertures to receive said fingers and said fingers being inclined outwardly, fric tionally to bind against the sides of 'the apertures, wherebyk the front ofthe shelf is re-` strained frein accidental disengagement from the frame, and means associated with the back member to support the back end of th-e shelf. v

2. A sheet metal cabinet comprising a frame having side walls and a baclr member,

the front end of each of the side walls having a recessed shoulder extending vertically thereof and a vertical guide ridge offset there- Y from by said shoulder, a horizontallydisposed shelf in said -frame having a depending flange at its front end extending outwardly beyond the sides of the' shelf and adapted closely to fit between said guide ridges, rearwardly eX- tending fingers fixed to tlieprojecting portions of said flange at a shortdistance from (ifi the ends thereof, the inner ends of said,

lingers being spaced from the sides of theA shelf, said shoulders having apertures to receive said lingers to support the front of the shelf and said fingers being inclined outward-V ly to biudagainst the sides of the apertures whereby the front of the shelf is restrained from accidental disengagement -f from the frame, and means associated with the back members of the frame to support the back end ofthe shelf, so that the shelf may be detached from the frame by disengaging the back member from said supporting means and thereafter withdrawing the fingers from the apertures in said shoulders. s

A cabinet having infcombliiation, walls formed at the front ledges with wardly extending flanges and at the edges with inwardly extending flange said youtwardly extending' flanges being formed with a series of openings extending in aligned relation parallel to the side walls, av series of upwardly extending tongues in aligned relation ongsaid inwardly extending flanges, and a shelf mounted in said cabinet between said wallsyhaving a lateral dowiiwardly extending flangecon its rear edge en-A gaged with a tongue on the flange of each wall and rearwardly extending tongues on walls, 'saidshelf 'having parts at the forward side out-- rear ' engagement with said tongues in a direction at right angles to engagement of the tongues thereon with said openings and retaining the front portion of the shelf in rigid engaged relation with said sidewalls l. 'A cabinet having in combination, side walls, and ashelf mounted between said side side edges freely interengaged with parts oii` said side walls, said parts being engageable only by an inward movement of said shelf iii said cabinet, said shelf having` parts at the rear endengaged with parts at the rear edges ofsaid side walls, said parts 'at the'rear beingengageable 'only vby a` downward movementvof said .shelf in saidcabinet, vthe parts at ,the rear upon engagement'automatically locking said shelf'f'in said cabinet by prevent-L ingj'outwardimovementof said shelf insaid cabinet and maintaining the parts at the .front in engagedrelation, said'part-s at 'the'.

front maintaining the frontof the 'shelf against vertical ldisplacement liii said cabi-l net, allgof said parts forming the only connection between said sidewalls and said shelf.` ll v `5. A cabinet having aside member', coin,-v prising a sheet metal inner side wall, a latei'- Y allyextending flange on the front edge of fill ien

said inner side walls, said flange having ridge formed therein'to form a shoulder off set from the side wall, an outerside wall of l sheet metal spacedfroin said iniiei' side wall and secured to saidflange'at the front edge, said outer side wall having a' laterally eX- tending flange on the rear edge, and lmeans securing said last-mentioned flange to Ythe rear edgeofj said innerside wall. f

V6.v A Ycabinet having a side member, coinprising a sheet metal plate formed to provide a side wall, a flange on the front edge extend- .ing laterally from said side wall, an outer wall portion at theedge of said flange portion in spaced parallel relation to said side wall, a strip securing said outer wall to said Yside wall at theV fioiit portion spacediiilioy wardly fronisaid flange, va flange at the rear endof said side wall extending laterally in an oppositeA direction from the first-men-VL s" tioiied flange, andy Ashelf supporting means' formed in said flanges. i

7 ."Acabinet having a partition, comprising a single pieceof sheet metal formed to provide a pair of spaced parallel side walls, and a-front wall portion joining the front edges of said side walls, laterally extending flanges at the rear edges of said side walls, and a strip inemberconnected to said flanges to maintain said side Walls in spaced parallel relation at the rear edges tl'iereof.

8. A Cabinet having a shelf member eemprising a sheet metal plate member formed with a depending flange at the rear end, a channel member. formed lat and depending from the front end, said eliannel member Having the ends projecting beyond the sides ol" said plate member, land rearwardly eX- tending` tongues mounted on the ends of said channel member in spaced relation from said plate member. v Y

9. A cabinet having in Combination, side Wall. members and shell 'membersne of said members bay-ing projections at one end for engagement in openings in the other member only by movement in the normal plane of tbe shelf members in the Cabinet7 and interttine;

parts at'tlie opposite ends of said .members engagea-ble and disengageable only by movement laterally to the Vnormal'plane of said shelf, ksaid inte'rlitting parts in engaged relation automatically locking said shelf in said cabinet lby vprim/exiting outward4 moyement of said shelf in said Cabinet and by preventing disengagement of said projections from the openings, said projections maintaining the front of the shelf against Vertical displacement Whenthus locked. Signed by meat Ilion, N. Y., this 13th day of October, 1924. i v v i `ENOCH OHNSTRAND. 

